A Burna man was arrested Sunday after alledgedly attempting to shoot his girlfriend while intoxicated Saturday afternoon.

The Livingston County Sheriff's Department arrested 31-year-old Richard T. Watson of Burna, KY around 2pm Saturday after receiving a complaint of guns shots fired on Burna Church Street.

The investigation revealed that Watson was apparently intoxicated and had fallen off of a four wheeler. His girlfriend 35-year-old Karen Gerhardt attempted to help him after the fall and he began to assault her. Gerhardt was knocked to the ground and stabbed Watson with a knife in order to escape. Watson then went to his home on Burna Church Road. A short time later Gerhardt went to their residence to check on Watson and found the door to be locked. Gerhardt announced that she was there and requested that Watson open the door. Gerhardt then heard two gunshots from inside the residence and ran back across the street to safety.

The investigation revealed that the gunshots were fired into the inside of the door where Gerhardt had been standing. Upon securing the scene sheriff's deputies and KSP troopers noted that Watson had an injury from the earlier stabbing during the first altercation with Gerhardt. Livingston County EMS transported Watson to Livingston County Hospital where he was treated for the injuries.

Watson was charged with one count of attempted murder and assault 4th domestic violence, and is lodged in the McCracken County Jail.

Of course this doesn't pass the smell test. The cops in Livingston County really screwed this up. Hopefully the DA will not follow through with the attempted murder charge. They were both intoxicated obviously but hell she stabbed him! If you and I got into a fight and you stabbed me and later started banging on my door, I'd probably shoot too. Seriously. Clearly they are both wrong but she 'just happened to have a knife on her'? They are railroading this guy. Glad to know Livingston County cops are all Barney Fifes. And just so y'all know, she stabbed him twice. Not once, TWICE. Stabbed him 2x people.

If she'd had her concealed carry permit and shot him, the gun nuts would be praising this incident as another example of a lawful gunowner defending themselves. But she had a knife, so it is suspicious, despite there being far more knives in this world than guns. Anybody who finds this suspicious probably doesn't have much experience with people with low intelligence and high BALs.

So the lady who stabbed someone didn't go to jail? She went to help him up and happened to have a knife at the ready? And didn't even call for help after she stabbed him? I don't understand this one at all!

This doesn't pass the smell test to me. She just happens to have a knife in her hand to thwart off the aggressor after being thrown to the ground, felt threatened enough to stab him and after all that, you seek out the alleged offender at his residence before calling the police? I am sure he felt threatened and thought just maybe she was there to finish him off. Just saying.....reasonable doubt.